Lecture, 10 hours; discussion, 10 hours. Recommended preparation: course 3, 3A, or 8, or Chinese placement test or courses equivalent to elementary-level Chinese. Second-year Chinese. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Intensive course equivalent to courses 4, 5, and 6. Designed to strengthen communicative skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Grammar reviews, knowledge of idiomatic expressions, and both traditional and simplified characters. Completion of course 10 is equivalent to completion of course 6. Offered in summer only. P/NP or letter grading.